Acquired & Operating
A podcast about the people behind the deal.
Everyone at Andromeda came from somewhere. Most of us built, ran, or sold a business before we got here, and those stories rarely get told once the deal is done. Acquired & Operating is where we tell them. Host Alexa Patino sits down with operators across the Andromeda portfolio to talk about what it felt like to sell, what changed the day they did, and what life really looks like on the other side. If you are a founder weighing your own next move, or simply curious about the people who make up Andromeda, this is the show for you.
Episode 1
The day I found out we were being sold
Guest: Mike Vough
In the first episode of Acquired & Operating, host Alexa Patino sits down with Mike Vough, Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Optimal Blue and a proud Black Knight alumnus, to trace a career that ran through three transactions in a few short years as his company was acquired by Black Knight, merged into Optimal Blue, and eventually divested to Constellation and Andromeda. Mike talks honestly about the morning he found out the company would be sold, what it felt like to prepare a business for a deal while still running it, and how product P&L ownership changed the way his teams think and operate. The deal is the headline, but the people who keep building afterward are the real story.